Jones v. Alexander

Carlisle, Presiding Judge.

This is a trover case. The judge charged the jury that if they believed the plaintiff was entitled to recover they should find the value of the property sued for, since the plaintiff had so elected, and it would then be their duty to fix the amount of the interest; that the legal rate of interest is 7 percent and he would be entitled to interest at that rate from the date he was wrongfully deprived of his property, but that they need not figure the interest since it is a matter of calculation. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the…